1957 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1957 National League Busch Stadium I St. Louis, Missouri 87–67 (.565) 2nd August "Gussie" Busch Frank Lane Fred Hutchinson KTVI KMOX(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola) stl stl The 1957 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 76th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 66th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87–67 during the season and finished second in the National League, eight games behind the Milwaukee Braves. Offseason October 16, 1956: Hank Sauer was released by the Cardinals.Hank Sauer at Baseball-Reference November 27, 1956: Charlie Peete, 27, was killed in a plane crash, along with his wife and three children, while flying to Venezuela to play Winter League ball. He was projected to be the Cardinals' starting center fielder in 1957.Schuster, Joe, Charlie Peete, Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project December 3, 1956: Bob Smith was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1956 rule 5 draft.Bob Smith at Baseball-Reference December 11, 1956: Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt, and Wally Lammers (minors) were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Miksis, Jim Davis, Sam Jones, and Hobie Landrith.Eddie Miksis at Baseball-Reference February 26, 1957: Whitey Lockman was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Giants for Hoyt Wilhelm.Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1957 season: Cal Browning was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.Cal Browning at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions April 20, 1957: Ed Mayer and Bobby Del Greco were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Jim King.Ed Mayer at Baseball-Reference May 14, 1957: Bob Smith was purchased from the Cardinals by the Pittsburgh Pirates. September 19, 1957: Eddie Miksis was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Baltimore Orioles September 19, 1957: Morrie Martin was purchased by the Cardinals from the Baltimore Orioles.Morrie Martin at Baseball-Reference September 21, 1957: Hoyt Wilhelm was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Cleveland Indians. Roster 1957 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 27 Frank Barnes 38 Tom Cheney 26 Jim Davis 36 Murry Dickson 39 Larry Jackson 23 Sam Jones 46 Bob Kuzava 40 Lynn Lovenguth 25 Morrie Martin 41 Lindy McDaniel 45 Von McDaniel 43 Lloyd Merritt 26 Bob Miller 17 Vinegar Bend Mizell 38 Billy Muffett 44 Willard Schmidt 45 Bob Smith 37 Herm Wehmeier 25 Hoyt Wilhelm Catchers 30 Walker Cooper 16 Hobie Landrith 18 Hal Smith Infielders 22 Tom Alston  3 Don Blasingame 28 Joe Cunningham 11 Al Dark 10 Eddie Kasko  6 Stan Musial 19 Dick Schofield Outfielders 14 Ken Boyer  7 Del Ennis 24 Gene Green 24 Chuck Harmon  9 Jim King 31,46 Don Lassetter  4 Eddie Miksis 20 Wally Moon  8 Irv Noren 15 Bobby Gene Smith Manager 29 Fred Hutchinson Coaches 30 Walker Cooper 35 Stan Hack 33 Al Hollingsworth 34 Terry Moore 33 Bill Posedel Player stats Batting = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Starters by position Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Hal Smith Hal Smith (catcher) 100 333 93 .279 2 37 1B Stan Musial 134 502 176 .351 29 102 2B Don Blasingame 154 650 176 .271 8 58 SS Al Dark 140 583 169 .290 4 64 3B Eddie Kasko 134 479 131 .273 1 35 LF Wally Moon 142 516 152 .295 24 73 CF Ken Boyer 142 544 144 .265 19 62 RF Del Ennis 136 490 140 .286 24 105 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Joe Cunningham Joe Cunningham (baseball) 122 261 83 .318 9 52 Hobie Landrith 75 214 52 .243 3 26 Bobby Smith Bobby Smith (baseball) 93 185 39 .211 3 18 Walker Cooper 48 78 21 .269 3 10 Ducky Schofield 65 56 9 .161 0 1 Eddie Miksis 49 38 8 .211 1 2 Jim King Jim King (baseball) 22 35 11 .314 0 2 Irv Noren 17 30 11 .367 1 10 Tom Alston 9 17 5 .294 0 2 Gene Green Gene Green (baseball) 6 15 3 .200 0 2 Don Lassetter 4 13 2 .154 0 0 Chuck Harmon 9 3 1 .333 0 1 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Lindy McDaniel 30 191.0 15 9 3.49 75 Sam Jones Sam Jones (baseball) 28 182.2 12 9 3.60 154 Von McDaniel 17 86.2 7 5 3.22 45 Murry Dickson 14 74.0 5 3 4.14 29 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Larry Jackson baseball 41 210.1 15 9 3.47 96 Herm Wehmeier 36 165.0 10 7 4.31 91 Vinegar Bend Mizell 33 149.1 8 10 3.74 87 Willard Schmidt 40 116.2 10 3 4.78 63 Morrie Martin 4 10.2 0 0 2.53 7 Frank Barnes Frank Barnes (right-handed pitcher) 3 10.0 0 1 4.50 5 Tom Cheney Tom Cheney (baseball) 4 9.0 0 1 5.00 10 Lynn Lovenguth 2 9.0 0 1 2.00 6 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Hoyt Wilhelm 40 1 4 11 4.25 29 Lloyd Merritt 44 1 2 7 3.31 35 Billy Muffett 23 3 2 8 2.25 21 Jim Davis Jim Davis (pitcher) 10 0 1 1 5.27 5 Bob Smith Bob Smith (pitcher born 1931) 6 0 0 1 4.66 11 Bob Miller Bob Miller (baseball, born 1939) 5 0 0 0 7.00 7 Bob Kuzava 3 0 0 0 3.86 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Omaha Cardinals American Association Johnny Keane AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Cot Deal AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Harry Walker A Columbus Foxes Sally League Skeeter Newsome B Winston-Salem Red Birds Carolina League George Kissell C Winnipeg Goldeyes Northern League Vern Benson C Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Ed Lyons D Wytheville Cardinals Appalachian League Johnny Grodzicki D Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Homer Ray Wilson D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Chase Riddle D Decatur Commodores Midwest League Al Unser D Ardmore Cardinals Sooner State League J. C. Dunn and Mike Ryba LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Houston, Winnipeg, Billings, Albany, Decatur, ArdmoreJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1957 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1957 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season Category:1957 in sports in Missouri